Salary : $52,420.00 - $81,560.00 Annually

Location : Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

Job Type: Civil Service

Job Number: 12220-0524

Department: FINANCIAL SERVS

Opening Date: 05/16/2024

Closing Date: 6/11/2024 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA: Exempt

Requirements

MOS Codes: 89A (Army), 441 (Coast Guard), 1005 (Navy), 0111 (Marine Corps)

Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, finance, business or public administration or a related field including a concentration of 18 upper division semester credit hours in accounting, and four (4) years professional accounting or financial management experience.

Licenses and Certificates: None.

General Purpose

Under direction, supervise professional accounting services, or provide highly specialized and technically intricate professional level accounting functions, for an assigned program.

Typical Duties

Plan, organize, implement, direct and review delegated financial services functions including recording, updating and reporting transactions, and perform administrative and advisory duties including complex accounting and financial analyses. Involves: Participate in preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Oversee, balance and reconcile general ledger statements. Prepare general journal entries (such as revenues, expenditures, and depreciation) to generate fiscal month and year-to-date balance sheets, and monitor changes in fund balance and cash flow financial statements. Analyze and prepare financial statements related to debt service, property tax distributions and other transactions such as payroll, disbursements, revenues or accounts payable. Oversee payroll and benefits operations, prepare year-end accruals and schedules, calculate and wire transfer funds for payroll taxes or pension contributions, and research employee concerns. Research and generate reports to assist external auditors. Perform accounting to track bond issues and other debt instruments relating to capital projects fund or construction projects, verify fund availability for change orders to constructions contracts and prepare budget transfers. Account for fixed assets and warehouse operations including acquisitions, disposals and transfers, depreciation and updates of the assets schedules. Prepare, enter and post journal entries for capital purchases, depreciation, construction work in progress, retainage, accruals and transfers between accounts, funds or departments. Track and report expenditure of federal grant funds and monitor sub-recipient agencies to ensure expenditure of allocated funds meet grant requirements.

Maintain and analyze assigned financial and accounting database and allied information management systems. Involves: Enter, retrieve and review accounting data from the centralized financial management system and personal computers or source documents such as journal entries, invoices, collection details or budget transfers to generate financial reports. Generate periodic accounting or statistical reports to management or regulatory agencies. Analyze expenditure trends and assist in preparation of the annual operating or capital improvement budget. Maintain network security of finance and accounting or other automated record keeping system, update system tables, open and close posting periods, review system output to ensure system integrity, discuss and identify solutions with programmers, correct batch errors, train and assist system users. Project airline rates and fees, passenger facility charges, generate reports and schedules, meet with airline representatives, and review and re-calculate actual airline rates and fees upon conclusion of fiscal year and adjust billing accordingly.

Supervise designated employees, if assigned. Involves: Assign, schedule, guide and monitor work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Identify and resolve staff differences, conflicts and deficiencies. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially.

Perform related duties as required. Involves: Perform duties of supervisor or coworkers if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences. Advise supervisor in a timely manner of situations or issues that have or could lead to deviation from expected results and recommend appropriate solutions or options.

General Information

For a complete job specification, click here.

Note: This is a new advertisement for Senior Accountant. You must apply if you are still interested in this position.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applicants have been received.

Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.

Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all relevant documents translated and evaluated by a College, University, or Credentials Evaluation Services Department prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.

A rsum and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See rsum" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your rsum will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

BENEFITS

LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE

The City of El Paso is a self-insured entity with a third-party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits. Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees. Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available.

Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and/or dependent care for daycare expenses). All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date.

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost. A trained counselors are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life's stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle.

The City's Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more!

Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment.

ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE

All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part-time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro-rated amount of full-time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement.

Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee:

For 0 - 5 years of service (12 days):
40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period

For >5 to 15 years of service (17 days):
40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period

For >15 or more years of service (20 days):
40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period

SICK LEAVE WITH PAY

Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission.

ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE

The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease.

PREGNANCY LEAVE

A) Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability.

B) An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave.

C) An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

The following days are hereby declared legal holidays for all the City departments, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department whose duties are to prevent or extinguish fires, or to members of the Police Department whose duties are those of law enforcement: (Amended 10/03/95)

1. First day of January (New Year's Day)

2. Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Holiday)

3. Thirty-first day in March (Cesar Chavez Day)

4. Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

5. June 19 (Juneteenth)

6. Fourth day of July (Independence Day)

7. First Monday in September (Labor Day)

8. Eleventh Day in November (Veteran's Day)

9. Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)

10. The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Day after Thanksgiving)

11. Twenty-fifth Day in December (Christmas Day)

12. Employee's Birthday

In addition to the above days, the following days are also declared to be legal holidays: 1. Any day designated as a holiday by City Council. 2. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a legal holiday. 3. When any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a legal holiday.

01

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

A Bachelor's Degree in accounting, business or public administration, finance, or a related field, including 18 upper-division semester credit hours in accounting.
A Master's Degree or higher in accounting, business or public administration, finance, or a related field, including 18 upper-division semester credit hours in accounting.
None of the above.

02

Do you have a minimum of four (4) years of professional accounting or financial management experience?

I have a minimum of 4 years of accounting or financial management experience.
I have between 4 and 6 years of accounting or financial management.
I have over 6 years of accounting or financial management experience.
None of the above

03

What level of knowledge do you have of federal, state and local laws, regulations, rules and ordinances related to municipal accounting, finance, fiscal controls and related reporting including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) pronouncements and publications, and fund and grant accounting practices and standards.

I have comprehensive knowledge.
I have good knowledge.
I have some knowledge
None of the above

04

What level of knowledge do you have of modern municipal accounting and management practices, generally accepted accounting, auditing, and investment practices, methods, and policies?

I have comprehensive knowledge.
I have good knowledge.
I have some knowledge.
None of the above.

05

What level of knowledge do you have of computer hardware, software, and peripherals related to a wide range of accounting and financial management operations including computerized financial applications?

I have comprehensive knowledge.
I have good knowledge.
I have some knowledge.
None of the above.

06

Please provide an example of public relations and public speaking principles and practices.

07

What level of knowledge do you have at analyzing data and having numerous variables and outcomes within the framework of some precedents or general guidelines to assess and detect discrepancies in accounting, financial or statistical records.?

I have considerable knowledge.
I have good knowledge.
I have some knowledge.
None of the above.

08

Required supplemental questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

I understand that my answers to the supplemental questions will generate a score.

09

I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Note: Only applications that pass the supplemental questions exam will be reviewed.

I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications.

10

Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on both the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your rsum will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.

Required Question